Vodafone

Vodafone is a multinational mobile phone operator with headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom and D?sseldorf, Germany. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover, with equity interests in 27 countries and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in a further 14 countries.

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At 30 June 2005 Vodafone had 165.0 million proportionate customers in 27 markets. ("Proportionate customers" means for example that if Vodafone has a 30% stake in a business with a million customers that is counted as 300,000). On this measure it is the second largest mobile telecoms group in the world behind China Mobile. The six markets where it had more than ten million proportionate customers were: Germany; United States; Italy; United Kingdom; Japan; Spain. In the U.S these customers came via its minority stake in Verizon Wireless, and in the other five markets Vodafone had majority controlled subsidiaries.

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Vodafone is listed on the London Stock Exchange as Vodafone Group () and New York Stock Exchange, symbol VOD. Vodafone stands for VOice-DAta-FONE.

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Mobile phone operator: redirect Mobile network operator...

Newbury, Berkshire: Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many seventeenth century buildings....